Hi, I've gotten pretty good at flashing Mikrotik nodes, perhaps 40+ with no failures until this last month. That includes ~12 LHGs of various subtypes. Recently, our local hospital brought me 6 LHG5nDs to flash (RouterOS 6.49.13) and the local club had 3 more (6.48.7). 5 of the hospital's went fine and 2 of the club's went fine. One from each group refused to load the sys-upgrade file. I loaded 20240926-5913b09 on the Club's (one failed) and 3.24.10.0 on the hospital's (one failed). At first I used the "V7" files because they worked...until they didn't. Then I tried perhaps 5 different recent releases and daily's but nothing got past the "load the sysupgrade" step. The kernel.bin always seemed to work fine. When I tried to load the upgrade file, it just sat there, not even pretending to try. The Arden kernel file was pingable at 192.168.1.1 and the RouterOS was still at 192.168.88.1. If I went to 192.168.1.1 and retried to load the upgrade file again, nothing happened. I tried lots of firmware versions and nothing got past the "load sysupgrade" step. The "congratulations screen" just sits there and does nothing. The button changes color when you push it, but that's it.
I've gone into Router OS and changed the boot order to ethernet first... no help. I've used winbox and changed the Roouter OS firmware to previous and more recent versions, including 7, no luck. I've rebooted everything and tried different computers. I'm just short of trying electro shock therapy on the radio.
I understand I can WinSCP and/or Putty to put the upgrade file into the node and then execute it. I'd love more details on that method. I've read the docs section on the subject, but I've not used Putty much. I can get into the radio with WinSCP, but am not sure where to put the sysupgrade file. The Putty part is not working at all.
Sorry this is so long, thanks for any suggestions.
Lee -kf7yrs
I've gone into Router OS and changed the boot order to ethernet first... no help. I've used winbox and changed the Roouter OS firmware to previous and more recent versions, including 7, no luck. I've rebooted everything and tried different computers. I'm just short of trying electro shock therapy on the radio.
I understand I can WinSCP and/or Putty to put the upgrade file into the node and then execute it. I'd love more details on that method. I've read the docs section on the subject, but I've not used Putty much. I can get into the radio with WinSCP, but am not sure where to put the sysupgrade file. The Putty part is not working at all.
Sorry this is so long, thanks for any suggestions.
Lee -kf7yrs
Denis
Thanks!
I think once I saw a line saying that the file was a mismatch for the device. It disappeared in a few seconds and I've never seen that line again in many attempts. The dish is labeled "RBLHG-5nD-US". I've tried most, if not all of the FW listed on the attached JPG. Remember 7 of the 9 dishes flashed easily the first try.
I'm thinking that I need to find a different way, maybe WinSCP/Putty? Thanks!
2 of the 9 routers could be bad.
So, you did not try to load the firmware by first transferring it to the node, then
ssh'ing into the node to load it?
73, Chuck
I used WinSCP and connected with one of the nodes (FTP, port 21) and see the file structure in the attached jpg. I assume I would put the sysupgrade file in the "Flash" folder. I wasn't able to get a connection with putty to execute the sysupgrade command. I don't use Putty very much and thought I would see if anyone could recommend settings. Probably just being lazy. I had hoped this was a known issue and I could use the regular flashing procedure. Time to learn a new trick,
Did you use port 2222 with Putty?
From:
https://tonyteaches.tech/putty-ssh-windows-tutorial/
I found this image (attached).
I have not used Windows since version 7. Circa 2007?
73, Chuck
Denis
Denis